RESEARCH ENGINEER - SR. RESEARCH ENGINEER - Avionics Engineer at Southwest Research Institute in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Job Description:

Who We Are:


The Strategic Aerospace Department (SAD) provides aerospace related research, development, production, test and/or support to new products, sustainment, and modernization programs for the DoD industry, Allies, and U.S. Government.


Objectives of this Role:

• Support the design, analysis, documentation, verification, and testing of aerospace/avionics hardware and software (including FPGA development).


• Participate in the full life cycle design (from concept to hardware) for airborne and ground support systems electronics in high reliability avionics systems.


• Participate on project teams developing, integrating and testing within complex embedded avionics environment.


• Work effectively with a diverse team of engineers to develop a detailed list of requirements and to ensure that the designs meet those requirements as well as participating in design reviews as needed.

Daily and Monthly Responsibilities:

• Perform engineering functions that include design, develop, test, and support complex embedded avionics for new, sustainment and modernization programs.


• Interface with engineers and leads to translate their requirements into operational designs and validate those designs through simulation and test activities.


• Support integration and testing of embedded avionic systems.


• Participate in design reviews as needed, including both internal (peer) reviews and external (customer) reviews.


• Provide necessary documentation to satisfy customer requirements. For many programs, this will include the documentation necessary to satisfy QA requirements.

Requirements:

• Requires a Bachelors degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent Engineering degree with related experience.


• 2 - 8 years: Experience developing, deriving, allocating and testing complex avionics requirements. Experience implementing RTOS's (preferred Green Hills, VxWorks)


• 2 - 8 years: Experience in the embedded development of typical avionic buses (PCIe, 429, ethernet, 1553, etc), C++ and C.


• 2 - 8 years: Experience with integrating hardware and debugging within a lab environment utilizing equipment such as logic analyzers, power supplies, etc.


• A valid/clear driver's license is required.

Special Requirements:


Applicant selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Applicant must be a U.S. citizen.


Job Locations: San Antonio, Texas Or Oklahoma City, Oklahoma


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